The second Jake Brigance book, following A Time to Kill, returns to Clanton, Mississippi a couple of years later. Jake and his wife are still waiting on the insurance money from their house fire. Jake hasn't had any big cases since the Hailey trial featured in the last book, and money is tight. When the towns most reclusive citizen kills himself, renounces his will at the last minute with a hand written replacement, names Jake his estate's attorney from beyond the grave, and turns out to have a fortune beyond the imaginings of any of the town's citizens, things look as though they're going to get interesting. They never really do, though. Grisham struggles to makes sure we know how truly decent his flawed characters are, lets us know how much we should really admire them, when they're really neither admirable or interesting. The author telegraphs his plot twists, making sure we know what's coming, seemingly to make the reader feel clever, but its sort of annoying. Everyone loves a good Grisham book, though. Am I right?Check our catalog.
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